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HELP: mobility issues and metacam on my cat
our cat is 6, when 1 year old, he fell and became somewhat paralyzed on one
side (mostly front).. after this happened, he was unable to get up or walk for about 1 week.. then without any intervention or pills began to walk.. though very heavily with front right leg quite numb, and back right leg making that exaggerated heavy circular movement when walking.. but anyway.. all seemed well.. he ran, jumped, did everything a normal cat would.. until one morning we wake up and he is unable to get up or walk.. this was about month ago.. took him to 2 vets.. they say.. stroke.. some say brain shock.. some say the month of november, weather etc.. all in all.. the cat is now kinda able to move his back legs.. the front right that was once numb, is now completely numb and in fact stuck in one position at all times.. like a piece of wood you cannot bend... the front left is better.. allowing him to move... so basically he has the front left which is okay.. the back left which is not bad.. and the back right which was also partially paralyzed when he was 1 year old. end result: when he gets up, he kinda has a hard time keeping balance.. and falls.. goes to liter though has good appetite etc.. now when last vet saw all this.. he said it's definitely some brain imblance.. causing him to lose balance and fall.. not necessarily the limbs.. cause cats on 3 legs do great after a week or so of adjusting.. though I think one of his back legs is still pretty bad.. so he's kinda like on two legs.. but anyway.. he said something else.. then gave him metacam to relieve inflammation which he thinks is somewhere in brain area.. got bottle of liquid oral metacam 10ml total... at 0.4ml per day.. for 10 days.. I gave him does one with syrynge to mouth directly... mixed with 1-2 ml of milk... because I said to myself if I spread it on food, he will never get the medicine.. day 2, did same thing.. day 3.. 15 minuts after giving it to him.. he vomitted and had dirahea.. this was about 24 hours ago... that 3 rd dose.. 12 hours after that, so this past morning called my vet, and told him about it.. he said stop metacam right away.. then I went to pickup a stomach coating liquid med called novo retaninad (if I remember name well).. and another anti vomitting (also liquid) med called metoclopromide.. I asked vet if I can just wait out a few hours, couple days for vomitting to pass.. he said better not.. cat might become dehydrated + no food.. so I went with the meds.. anyway.. he still vomitted today, before I got him the new meds... and had REAL bad water direhea just before I went to vet for meds.. I gave him so far one dose of the anti vomitting med... he did not eat much since, but did not vomit and no direhea.. anyway.. this is our story... the problem with mobility we initially tried to tackle, is now on hold because metacam did a bad job.. and now we're treating something that wasn't even there before metacam.. in fact the cat was doing much better before metacam than now.. if you read this, thanks a lot.. and we'd love to hear any input you may have on this! please remove spam protection from my email address before emailing me. many thanks ! |
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mobility issues and metacam on my cat
"kotn" wrote in message ... snipped got bottle of liquid oral metacam 10ml total... at 0.4ml per day.. for 10 days.. I gave him does one with syrynge to mouth directly... mixed with 1-2 ml of milk... because I said to myself if I spread it on food, he will never get the medicine.. day 2, did same thing.. day 3.. 15 minuts after giving it to him.. he vomitted and had dirahea.. this was about 24 hours ago... that 3 rd dose.. 12 hours after that, so this past morning called my vet, and told him about it.. he said stop metacam right away.. then I went to pickup a stomach coating liquid med called novo retaninad (if I remember name well).. and another anti vomitting (also liquid) med called metoclopromide.. I asked vet if I can just wait out a few hours, couple days for vomitting to pass.. he said better not.. cat might become dehydrated + no food.. so I went with the meds.. anyway.. he still vomitted today, before I got him the new meds... and had REAL bad water direhea just before I went to vet for meds.. I gave him so far one dose of the anti vomitting med... he did not eat much since, but did not vomit and no direhea.. I'm not an expert on metacam but it is used "off-label" for cats--it can cause some very serious side effects and is supposed to be given with food. Cats have a very narrow range of tolerance for metacam. I have a cat with spinal arthritis who is supposed to be on metacam--I'm quite nervous about giving it to him. I mix it thoroughly in his canned food. Lately he seems to be feeling a lot better and I haven't been giving it to him. So far so good. Another thing, many cats are intolerant of the lactose in milk--that might have caused some nausea/diarrhea initially. Hope everything works out for your kitty--it's rough having a sick kitty! Good luck, Bonnie |
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mobility issues and metacam on my cat
"kotn" wrote in message ... our cat is 6, when 1 year old, he fell and became somewhat paralyzed on one side (mostly front).. after this happened, he was unable to get up or walk for about 1 week.. then without any intervention or pills began to walk.. though very heavily with front right leg quite numb, and back right leg making that exaggerated heavy circular movement when walking.. but anyway.. all seemed well.. he ran, jumped, did everything a normal cat would.. until one morning we wake up and he is unable to get up or walk.. this was about month ago.. took him to 2 vets.. they say.. stroke.. some say brain shock.. some say the month of november, weather etc.. all in all.. the cat is now kinda able to move his back legs.. the front right that was once numb, is now completely numb and in fact stuck in one position at all times.. like a piece of wood you cannot bend... the front left is better.. allowing him to move... so basically he has the front left which is okay.. the back left which is not bad.. and the back right which was also partially paralyzed when he was 1 year old. end result: when he gets up, he kinda has a hard time keeping balance.. and falls.. goes to liter though has good appetite etc.. now when last vet saw all this.. he said it's definitely some brain imblance.. causing him to lose balance and fall.. not necessarily the limbs.. cause cats on 3 legs do great after a week or so of adjusting.. though I think one of his back legs is still pretty bad.. so he's kinda like on two legs.. but anyway.. he said something else.. then gave him metacam to relieve inflammation which he thinks is somewhere in brain area.. got bottle of liquid oral metacam 10ml total... at 0.4ml per day.. for 10 days.. I gave him does one with syrynge to mouth directly... mixed with 1-2 ml of milk... because I said to myself if I spread it on food, he will never get the medicine.. day 2, did same thing.. day 3.. 15 minuts after giving it to him.. he vomitted and had dirahea.. this was about 24 hours ago... that 3 rd dose.. 12 hours after that, so this past morning called my vet, and told him about it.. he said stop metacam right away.. then I went to pickup a stomach coating liquid med called novo retaninad (if I remember name well).. and another anti vomitting (also liquid) med called metoclopromide.. I asked vet if I can just wait out a few hours, couple days for vomitting to pass.. he said better not.. cat might become dehydrated + no food.. so I went with the meds.. anyway.. he still vomitted today, before I got him the new meds... and had REAL bad water direhea just before I went to vet for meds.. I gave him so far one dose of the anti vomitting med... he did not eat much since, but did not vomit and no direhea.. anyway.. this is our story... the problem with mobility we initially tried to tackle, is now on hold because metacam did a bad job.. and now we're treating something that wasn't even there before metacam.. in fact the cat was doing much better before metacam than now.. Metacam is a very dangerous drug for cats; it has a very, very low margin of safety. If the drug is used at all in cats, it "should" be used only *once* post-operatively and by injection *only*. Any additional use of the drug in cats is nothing more than playing Russian roulette. Here is the conclusion of a clinical study: "Conclusions: Meloxicam, when initially dosed as a subcutaneous injection followed by oral dosing for nine days at 0.3 mg/kg was associated with severe adverse effects, including death." Dump your vet. Phil |
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mobility issues and metacam on my cat
"Phil P." wrote in message news:a%1mj.98$734.19@trnddc02... "kotn" wrote in message ... our cat is 6, when 1 year old, he fell and became somewhat paralyzed on one side (mostly front).. after this happened, he was unable to get up or walk for about 1 week.. then without any intervention or pills began to walk.. though very heavily with front right leg quite numb, and back right leg making that exaggerated heavy circular movement when walking.. but anyway.. all seemed well.. he ran, jumped, did everything a normal cat would.. until one morning we wake up and he is unable to get up or walk.. this was about month ago.. took him to 2 vets.. they say.. stroke.. some say brain shock.. some say the month of november, weather etc.. all in all.. the cat is now kinda able to move his back legs.. the front right that was once numb, is now completely numb and in fact stuck in one position at all times.. like a piece of wood you cannot bend... the front left is better.. allowing him to move... so basically he has the front left which is okay.. the back left which is not bad.. and the back right which was also partially paralyzed when he was 1 year old. end result: when he gets up, he kinda has a hard time keeping balance.. and falls.. goes to liter though has good appetite etc.. now when last vet saw all this.. he said it's definitely some brain imblance.. causing him to lose balance and fall.. not necessarily the limbs.. cause cats on 3 legs do great after a week or so of adjusting.. though I think one of his back legs is still pretty bad.. so he's kinda like on two legs.. but anyway.. he said something else.. then gave him metacam to relieve inflammation which he thinks is somewhere in brain area.. got bottle of liquid oral metacam 10ml total... at 0.4ml per day.. for 10 days.. I gave him does one with syrynge to mouth directly... mixed with 1-2 ml of milk... because I said to myself if I spread it on food, he will never get the medicine.. day 2, did same thing.. day 3.. 15 minuts after giving it to him.. he vomitted and had dirahea.. this was about 24 hours ago... that 3 rd dose.. 12 hours after that, so this past morning called my vet, and told him about it.. he said stop metacam right away.. then I went to pickup a stomach coating liquid med called novo retaninad (if I remember name well).. and another anti vomitting (also liquid) med called metoclopromide.. I asked vet if I can just wait out a few hours, couple days for vomitting to pass.. he said better not.. cat might become dehydrated + no food.. so I went with the meds.. anyway.. he still vomitted today, before I got him the new meds... and had REAL bad water direhea just before I went to vet for meds.. I gave him so far one dose of the anti vomitting med... he did not eat much since, but did not vomit and no direhea.. anyway.. this is our story... the problem with mobility we initially tried to tackle, is now on hold because metacam did a bad job.. and now we're treating something that wasn't even there before metacam.. in fact the cat was doing much better before metacam than now.. Metacam is a very dangerous drug for cats; it has a very, very low margin of safety. If the drug is used at all in cats, it "should" be used only *once* post-operatively and by injection *only*. Any additional use of the drug in cats is nothing more than playing Russian roulette. Here is the conclusion of a clinical study: "Conclusions: Meloxicam, when initially dosed as a subcutaneous injection followed by oral dosing for nine days at 0.3 mg/kg was associated with severe adverse effects, including death." Dump your vet. Phil yes we'll dump the vet, question is will my cat recover.. and can I Feel safe giving him the 2 recovery oral liquids that same vet gave to correct metacam problem (one is stomach coating med the other is anti vomitting of some sort.. I gave names in my original post). but anyway.. we are using them now.. vomitting did not reoccur since 24 hours... nor diharea.. mind you vet said to avoid feeding cat during time he's on those vets.. so it's not like he has much to vomit out or poo with... though we do levae around dry food and he seems to go for that on his own, when ready, which maybe is better anyway than teasing him with fresh cans right by his mouth a few times a day... he is sick (I mean mobility issues, and before vomitting started.. so we decided to spoil him foodwise, you know how it is.. but in the end maybe that did not help him.. and mixed with metacam.. it caused just though severe stomach upsets...) but anyway.. I hope the 3 days of metacam, at 0.4-0.5ml per dose/day will clean out of his body so we can be back to tackiling his real issue.. which is the mobility one. any more comments or input on metacam or his real issue of mobility.. we will immensely be greatful for! thanks to all again |
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mobility issues and metacam on my cat
"kotn" wrote in message ... "Phil P." wrote in message news:a%1mj.98$734.19@trnddc02... "kotn" wrote in message ... our cat is 6, when 1 year old, he fell and became somewhat paralyzed on one side (mostly front).. after this happened, he was unable to get up or walk for about 1 week.. then without any intervention or pills began to walk.. though very heavily with front right leg quite numb, and back right leg making that exaggerated heavy circular movement when walking.. but anyway.. all seemed well.. he ran, jumped, did everything a normal cat would.. until one morning we wake up and he is unable to get up or walk.. this was about month ago.. took him to 2 vets.. they say.. stroke.. some say brain shock.. some say the month of november, weather etc.. all in all.. the cat is now kinda able to move his back legs.. the front right that was once numb, is now completely numb and in fact stuck in one position at all times.. like a piece of wood you cannot bend... the front left is better.. allowing him to move... so basically he has the front left which is okay.. the back left which is not bad.. and the back right which was also partially paralyzed when he was 1 year old. end result: when he gets up, he kinda has a hard time keeping balance.. and falls.. goes to liter though has good appetite etc.. now when last vet saw all this.. he said it's definitely some brain imblance.. causing him to lose balance and fall.. not necessarily the limbs.. cause cats on 3 legs do great after a week or so of adjusting.. though I think one of his back legs is still pretty bad.. so he's kinda like on two legs.. but anyway.. he said something else.. then gave him metacam to relieve inflammation which he thinks is somewhere in brain area.. got bottle of liquid oral metacam 10ml total... at 0.4ml per day.. for 10 days.. I gave him does one with syrynge to mouth directly... mixed with 1-2 ml of milk... because I said to myself if I spread it on food, he will never get the medicine.. day 2, did same thing.. day 3.. 15 minuts after giving it to him.. he vomitted and had dirahea.. this was about 24 hours ago... that 3 rd dose.. 12 hours after that, so this past morning called my vet, and told him about it.. he said stop metacam right away.. then I went to pickup a stomach coating liquid med called novo retaninad (if I remember name well).. and another anti vomitting (also liquid) med called metoclopromide.. I asked vet if I can just wait out a few hours, couple days for vomitting to pass.. he said better not.. cat might become dehydrated + no food.. so I went with the meds.. anyway.. he still vomitted today, before I got him the new meds... and had REAL bad water direhea just before I went to vet for meds.. I gave him so far one dose of the anti vomitting med... he did not eat much since, but did not vomit and no direhea.. anyway.. this is our story... the problem with mobility we initially tried to tackle, is now on hold because metacam did a bad job.. and now we're treating something that wasn't even there before metacam.. in fact the cat was doing much better before metacam than now.. Metacam is a very dangerous drug for cats; it has a very, very low margin of safety. If the drug is used at all in cats, it "should" be used only *once* post-operatively and by injection *only*. Any additional use of the drug in cats is nothing more than playing Russian roulette. Here is the conclusion of a clinical study: "Conclusions: Meloxicam, when initially dosed as a subcutaneous injection followed by oral dosing for nine days at 0.3 mg/kg was associated with severe adverse effects, including death." Dump your vet. Phil yes we'll dump the vet, question is will my cat recover.. Meloxicam is infamous for causing kidney failure in cats. I have no way of knowing if your cat's kidneys have been irreversibly damaged. I strongly urge you have your cat's kidney parameters evaluated as soon as possible. I mean *as soon as possible*. He may need immediate fluid therapy. and can I Feel safe giving him the 2 recovery oral liquids that same vet gave to correct metacam problem (one is stomach coating med the other is anti vomitting of some sort.. I gave names in my original post). but anyway.. we are using them now.. vomitting did not reoccur since 24 hours... nor diharea.. mind you vet said to avoid feeding cat during time he's on those vets.. so it's not like he has much to vomit out or poo with... though we do levae around dry food and he seems to go for that on his own, when ready, which maybe is better anyway than teasing him with fresh cans right by his mouth a few times a day... he is sick (I mean mobility issues, and before vomitting started.. so we decided to spoil him foodwise, you know how it is.. but in the end maybe that did not help him.. and mixed with metacam.. it caused just though severe stomach upsets...) but anyway.. I hope the 3 days of metacam, at 0.4-0.5ml per dose/day will clean out of his body so we can be back to tackiling his real issue.. which is the mobility one. I truly hope so. I am so sick to death of hearing about vets prescribing multiple oral doses of meloxicam to cats as if its some kind of wonder drug, and then denying any responsibility when the cats go into renal failure. Its easy to play Russian roulette with someone else's head. any more comments or input on metacam or his real issue of mobility.. we will immensely be greatful for! Lets get through this immediate problem first. Then we'll work on his mobility problem. Please get your cat's kidney parameters evaluated as soon as possible. Its just a simple blood and urine test. Best of luck, Phil |
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